Butter-dish.



J. EDMAN.

BUTTER DISH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22. 1912.

1,060,973. I PatentedMay6,1913I j'y his Aiiorneys! UNITED STATES PATENTOFFIQE.

JOHN EDMAN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-SIXTH TO CHARLESSTANDIFORD AND ONE-SIXTH TO CHARLES W. TARBOX, BOTH 0F MINNEAPOLIS,

BUTTER-DISH.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN EDMAN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter-Dishes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same. a

My invention has for its object to improve butter dishes adapted tocontain ice to keep the butter cold and having a movable cover forinclosing the butter and thereby protect-- ing the same from flies andinsects, and thereby keeping the butter in a cool sanitary condition.

To the above ends, generally stated, the invention consists of the noveldevices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of the improvedbutter dish with the cover thereof turned downward into an inoperativeposition; Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line50 00 on Fig. 1, showing the dish cover turned upward into an operativeposition; Fig. 3 is a detail in section taken approximately on the linea x on Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a detail in vertical. section takenapproximately on the line 99* m on Fig. 1.

The butter y is directly contained preferably in a glass or porcelaintray 1 which is seated in an annular ledge 2 of the spun metal dish body3, supported by legs 1, preferably three in number. Below the traysupporting ledge 2, the dish body 3 is provided with a depressionaffording an ice chamber 5. The dish body 3 is provided with a rimportion 6 that extends outward from the seat in which the tray 1 islocated and is formed with an approximately semicircular slot 6 throughwhich an approximately semi-spherical metal cover 7 is adapted to moveupward, and downward to and from an inoperative position. Thissemispherical cover 7 is provided with trunnions 8 that are preferablyapproximately semicylindrical in cross section and which areSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 22, 1912.

Serial No. 672,547.

mounted in spring seats 9 formed by lightspring rods bent approximatelyas shown in Fig. 3 and having the upper prongs soldered or otherwiserigidly attached to the rim of the dish body 3. The pressure of theprongs of the spring seats 9 on the semi-cylindrical or otherwiseflattened trunnions 8, tends to Patented May 6,1913.

hold the pivoted semi-spherical cover 7 either in its upturned operativeor in its ClOWI1- turned inoperative position, according to the positionin which it may be set. Furthermore, the spring action of the prongseats 9 exert a maximum tension on the trunnions 8, when the said coveris in an intermediate position and serves to complete the closingmovement/of said cover, when said cover is moved to one side of saidintermediate position, and serves to complete the opening movement ofsaid cover when said cover is moved to the opposite side of saidintermediate position. To further secure the cover in its upturnedoperative position shown in Fig. 2, it is provided at its free edge witha spring clip 10 that springs over and frictionally engages an undercutshoulder 6 of the rim 6 of the dish body. This spring clip 10 maybedisengaged from the shoulder 6 in clifferent ways, but preferably, forthis purpose, I provide a small releasing lever 11 that isintermediately pivoted to a lug on the under surface of the rim 6, (seeFig. 4), and is provided with upturned ends that work throughperforations on the said rim. One upturned *end of the lever 11 isprovided with a finger piece 12 which is normally pressed upward by alight spring 13, and the other end of said lever, when the finger piece12 is depressed, engages the free front edge of the cover 7 and forcesthe same upward far enough to release the clip 10 from the shoulder 6The. improved butter dish is, except for the tray 1, preferably madefrom light sheet metal spun or stamped to shape and nickel or silverplated, but it may also be made of thin sheets of German silver. Infact, it may be made of any suitable metal.

By the use of this improved dish, butter may be kept in a sanitarycondition and covered so that it will not be exposed to flies and otherinsects and dirt, and by the use of ice in the chamber 5, the butter maybe kept cold or cool even in warm weather.

This improved dish, while especially designed for containing butter,may, as is obvious, also be used to contain various other edihles.

mat I claim is:

1. In a dish of the kind described, the combination with a body havingspring acting trunnion seats, of a cover having flattened trnnnionsWorking in said trunnion seats, the said trunnion seats being arrangedto exert a maximum tension on said trirnnions "when said cover is in anintermediate position, and serving to complete the closing movement ofsaid cover when said cover is moved to one side of said intermediateposition, and serving to complete the opening movementof said cover Whensaid cover is inovecl to the opposite sideoi said intermediate position.

2. A dish of the kind described, comprising a body having a seat for thereoeptio-nof a tray having a depression below said seat for thereception of ice, and having a rim formed with an approximatelysemi-circular slot, a pair of diametrically opposite prong spring seatssecured to said rim at the extremities of said segmental. slot, anapproximately semi-spherical cover Working through said segmental slotand havingflattened trunnions mounted for oscillatory movements of 180degrees in said spring seats, a spring clip on said cover engageahleWith a shoulder on said rib to yieldin'gly secure said cover in a closedposition, and a finger actuated releasing device pivoted to said rim andoperative on said cover 'to positively impart initial opening movementthereto.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two W-li-HGSSGS.

JOHN EDMAN.

. \Vit-nesses:

HARRY Kineonn, F. D. MERCHANT.

Copies For this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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